Las empresas españolas en Irán

Cable sobre la venta de material a Irán por parte de la española Telstar

Noviembre de 2004. España defiende que la operación se hizo antes de que entrase en vigor la nueva normativa europea sobre material de doble uso

11 dic 2010 - 13:00CET

ID:	22850
Date:	2004-11-15 17:01:00
Origin:	04MADRID4374
Source:	Embassy Madrid
Classification:	SECRET
Dunno:	04STATE233405
Destination:	This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
S E C R E T MADRID 004374 SIPDIS FOR NP/CBM AND EUR/WE E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/10/2014 TAGS: PARM, PREL, ETTC, SP, CBW SUBJECT: (S) SPAIN: SHIELD S59A-03: EMBASSY MEETING ON TELSTAR WITH SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTRY REF: STATE 233405 Classified By: KATHLEEN M. FITZPATRICK, POLITICAL COUNSELOR. REASONS 1.4 (B) & (D) 1. (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Poloffs delivered non-paper providing additional information on Telstar on November 10 to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's director general for international economic relations, Javier Hergueta. Hergueta said Telstar is willing to cooperate fully with the USG to have sanctions removed. He expressed concern, however, that the report was inaccurate. He explained that Telstar did sell the freeze dryer and spare parts to Iran. However, according to Hergueta, the transaction occurred in January 2003 (not January 2004 as stated in the non-paper) before the Iranian end-user was known as Exir Pharmaceuticals and before the EU passed legislation that defined the transferred equipment as dual use goods subject to export licensing restrictions. Hergueta reiterated Telstar's willingness to halt future transfers of its goods to Iran, and to otherwise cooperate as necessary to have the USG sanctions removed. He proposed to set up a meeting between Emboffs, MFA officials, and Telstar representatives to discuss this case in greater detail. 3. (S) Action request: Embassy understands this case is being discussed between NP and Spanish embassy officials in Washington for possible review by an interagency group. We seek Department's guidance as to whether a meeting in Madrid between Emboffs, MFA officials and Telstar is desirable. End comment. ARGYROS